Title:
THE FORGOTTEN YARD GAMES: PEDAGOGICAL DIMENSIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION

Authors:
Stamatia Nikitara ,Greece

Abstract:
In the context of environmental education, the students of the 5th grade of a primary school in Greece, a total of 25 students, implemented from December 2017 to June 2018 the program: "The forgotten games of the yard". The design of school spaces and cities expresses the dominant social perception of the quality of the space that suits the education of children. The choice of the theme was made by the children themselves on the occasion that our school has a yard with limited space. So we wanted to find ways to make the most of this small space for games that do not require special equipment and space. The groups searched for material for the yard games, forgotten, ancient and new, through books, interviews, the internet and in the final phase of the program the students performed the toys and photographed them.